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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Joe meet his ex-girlfriend?

2. What does Beck give to Joe as a thank you for helping her off the tracks?

3. What does Joe describe as "an obvious complication"?

4. Joe dislikes which type of fiction?

5. What is the cage in the basement made out of?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Joe learn about Benji?

2. Who is Spencer Hewitt? What is significant about him?

3. How does Joe dispose of Benji?

4. Who interrupts Joe and Beck as they are assembling her bed? What is the outcome of this interruption?

5. How does Joe help Beck during a dangerous situation?

6. What special gift does Beck give Joe? Why?

7. How do Joe and Peach get along when they first meet? What does Joe discover inside Peach's house?

8. How does Joe get inside Beck's apartment and what does he do there?

9. What information does Joe learn while at Beck's fiction reading?

10. What happens when Joe escorts Beck home after the night at the bar?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Beck and Karen Minty. In what ways are they similar? In what ways are they different? How do their similarities and differences highlight the novel’s themes?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze the author’s choice to tell this story by using a second-person point of view. How does viewing the second-person viewpoint affect the story? How would the book be different if the story was told through third-person narration?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the characters of Candace, Karen Minty, and Amy Adam. What does his interactions with each tell us about Joe?

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